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This week's pick is written by a guy that The Bass refers to as "Fat Bob". Won't you join us?

Invincible #100

story ROBERT KIRKMANart RYAN OTTLEY & JOHN RAUCHcover A RYAN OTTLEYcover B CORY WALKERcover C MARC SILVESTRIcover D BRYAN HITCHcover E ARTHUR ADAMScover F CHARLIE ADLARDcover G (WRAPAROUND) RYAN OTTLEYcover H (1-in-100 B/W WRAPAROUND) RYAN OTTLEYJANUARY 2348 PAGES / FC / T+$3.9910th ANNIVERSARY LANDMARK 100 th ISSUE SPECTACULAR!THE DEATH OF EVERYONE: CONCLUSION! It’s all been building to this. Mark Grayson’s entire life as a superhero, all he’s learned, all he’s endured, it’s all been leading to this one moment. Will he become the hero he was meant to or will he choose... a DIFFERENT path? The aftermath of this EXTRA-SIZED issue will shock you.

If you can't make it to your local comic shop, a digital copy can be found here.

Ze rules:

Review as often or as little as you like. Once you've posted 5 reviews, you will be awarded 1 pick. You can post 5 reviews, right? That's a totally achievable goal and with day and date digital releases becoming the standard, it shouldn't matter if your shop ordered enough copies of this weeks comic or not.

When multiple Review Groupers have posted 5 (or more) qualifying reviews, they will be awarded their pick in the order that they qualified. What constitutes a qualifying review? Any review posted (with a score on a scale from 0-10, that's right 0!) within 1 calendar month of the thread going live. Reviews are to be at least 5 sentences long. It shows that a) you have at least read this week's pick and b) you have some unique insight into the comic.

Reviews posted while waiting in line for your pick will be applied to your next pick.

I'll be keeping track of everyone's progress with the newly christened Spreadsheet of Fantastic (RIP, Spreadsheet of Doom) and reporting the results in the Current Members list in the weekly OP. When it's your turn to make a pick, I will PM you. If you do not respond to me by Midnight EST the following Sunday, you will lose your pick and I will start a poll to determine that week's selection.

Any week in which we do not have a Review Grouper with 5 qualifying picks, we will determine the week's comic via poll.

If it's your week to pick, remember to keep it under $3.99.

Naturally, this new system is new and it may be necessary to make changes as we go.

Stephen Day has picked the following for next week:

Winter Soldier #15

JASON LATOUR (W) • NIC KLEIN (A)Cover by DECLAN SHALVEYVariant Cover by NIC KLEIN• All new mission! All New creative team! All new status quo!• Join writer Jason Latour (Loose Ends, Wolverine) and artist Nic Klein (Dancer, Viking, Doc Savage) as they take the reins to the critically acclaimed series!• In the wake of the hunt for the Black Widow, a broken and beaten Winter Soldier begins perhaps his most personal mission yet: a quest for redemption.• But as Bucky looks to make peace with his deadly past, a new villain from his future is out for war…and blood…32 PGS./ Rated T+ …$2.99

Outhouse Editor

This week's pick is written by a guy that The Bass refers to as "Fat Bob". Won't you join us?

Invincible #100

story ROBERT KIRKMANart RYAN OTTLEY & JOHN RAUCHcover A RYAN OTTLEYcover B CORY WALKERcover C MARC SILVESTRIcover D BRYAN HITCHcover E ARTHUR ADAMScover F CHARLIE ADLARDcover G (WRAPAROUND) RYAN OTTLEYcover H (1-in-100 B/W WRAPAROUND) RYAN OTTLEYJANUARY 2348 PAGES / FC / T+$3.9910th ANNIVERSARY LANDMARK 100 th ISSUE SPECTACULAR!THE DEATH OF EVERYONE: CONCLUSION! It’s all been building to this. Mark Grayson’s entire life as a superhero, all he’s learned, all he’s endured, it’s all been leading to this one moment. Will he become the hero he was meant to or will he choose... a DIFFERENT path? The aftermath of this EXTRA-SIZED issue will shock you.

If you can't make it to your local comic shop, a digital copy can be found here.

Ze rules:

Review as often or as little as you like. Once you've posted 5 reviews, you will be awarded 1 pick. You can post 5 reviews, right? That's a totally achievable goal and with day and date digital releases becoming the standard, it shouldn't matter if your shop ordered enough copies of this weeks comic or not.

When multiple Review Groupers have posted 5 (or more) qualifying reviews, they will be awarded their pick in the order that they qualified. What constitutes a qualifying review? Any review posted (with a score on a scale from 0-10, that's right 0!) within 1 calendar month of the thread going live. Reviews are to be at least 5 sentences long. It shows that a) you have at least read this week's pick and b) you have some unique insight into the comic.

Reviews posted while waiting in line for your pick will be applied to your next pick.

I'll be keeping track of everyone's progress with the newly christened Spreadsheet of Fantastic (RIP, Spreadsheet of Doom) and reporting the results in the Current Members list in the weekly OP. When it's your turn to make a pick, I will PM you. If you do not respond to me by Midnight EST the following Sunday, you will lose your pick and I will start a poll to determine that week's selection.

Any week in which we do not have a Review Grouper with 5 qualifying picks, we will determine the week's comic via poll.

If it's your week to pick, remember to keep it under $3.99.

Naturally, this new system is new and it may be necessary to make changes as we go.

Stephen Day has picked the following for next week:

Winter Soldier #15

JASON LATOUR (W) • NIC KLEIN (A)Cover by DECLAN SHALVEYVariant Cover by NIC KLEIN• All new mission! All New creative team! All new status quo!• Join writer Jason Latour (Loose Ends, Wolverine) and artist Nic Klein (Dancer, Viking, Doc Savage) as they take the reins to the critically acclaimed series!• In the wake of the hunt for the Black Widow, a broken and beaten Winter Soldier begins perhaps his most personal mission yet: a quest for redemption.• But as Bucky looks to make peace with his deadly past, a new villain from his future is out for war…and blood…32 PGS./ Rated T+ …$2.99

Son of Stein

I have never read this book. Not a single issue. I don't even have a particular reason why.

Yet it was my pick and I chose this over Dollar Bill #1.

So I jumped into a hundredth issue knowing nothing and...

It's okay. Kirkman id just enough to catch me up to date (hero teams up with dinosaur to make the world a better place and they mess up and a lot of people died). So now that I'm 'caught up' I'm looking for the story - and there really isn't one. It's basically an all talking issue (even the dinosaur's death is off panel).

This isn't a bad thing however. The dialogue is pretty good and even though I don't know anyone, they all have a unique voice (although it did seem like the dinosaur's turnabout was pretty darn quick). The art is crisp and clean and just on the good side of not being too cartoony.

The only confusing thing I found was why the dad in the row boat panicked so much when his boat bumped into a sunken car.

What I've gleamed from this issue is that there looks to be a lot I've missed and from all the dialogue and I think I'm intrigued enough to want to see how this all came to be. The downside of this issue is that it's done nothing to make me want to see what happens next (not even the 'surprise' at the end which means nothing to the new reader (i.e. me)).

Son of Stein

I have never read this book. Not a single issue. I don't even have a particular reason why.

Yet it was my pick and I chose this over Dollar Bill #1.

So I jumped into a hundredth issue knowing nothing and...

It's okay. Kirkman id just enough to catch me up to date (hero teams up with dinosaur to make the world a better place and they mess up and a lot of people died). So now that I'm 'caught up' I'm looking for the story - and there really isn't one. It's basically an all talking issue (even the dinosaur's death is off panel).

This isn't a bad thing however. The dialogue is pretty good and even though I don't know anyone, they all have a unique voice (although it did seem like the dinosaur's turnabout was pretty darn quick). The art is crisp and clean and just on the good side of not being too cartoony.

The only confusing thing I found was why the dad in the row boat panicked so much when his boat bumped into a sunken car.

What I've gleamed from this issue is that there looks to be a lot I've missed and from all the dialogue and I think I'm intrigued enough to want to see how this all came to be. The downside of this issue is that it's done nothing to make me want to see what happens next (not even the 'surprise' at the end which means nothing to the new reader (i.e. me)).

Outhouse Drafter

Beginning at the exact moment where the previous issue left off, Invincible #100 wastes no time in addressing the fate of the title's main character. Having reached the end of "The Death of Everyone", it becomes pretty clear that the arc wasn't really about the death of any one major character but rather, the death of over 800,000 regular citizens of Earth. While this issue may lack action, a lot does happen in a really short time. True, this issue is one of Kirkman's more dialogue heavy issues of the series but it firmly establishes a new but slightly familiar status quo for the main character's. The surprise at the end of the issue may not be a huge shock, it is something that has been attempted before in this book but if it actually sticks around this time, it will dramatically shift the focus of the main characters. I'm excited by the prospect of this chance and it honestly feels like the natural next step in these character's lives.

Outhouse Drafter

Beginning at the exact moment where the previous issue left off, Invincible #100 wastes no time in addressing the fate of the title's main character. Having reached the end of "The Death of Everyone", it becomes pretty clear that the arc wasn't really about the death of any one major character but rather, the death of over 800,000 regular citizens of Earth. While this issue may lack action, a lot does happen in a really short time. True, this issue is one of Kirkman's more dialogue heavy issues of the series but it firmly establishes a new but slightly familiar status quo for the main character's. The surprise at the end of the issue may not be a huge shock, it is something that has been attempted before in this book but if it actually sticks around this time, it will dramatically shift the focus of the main characters. I'm excited by the prospect of this chance and it honestly feels like the natural next step in these character's lives.

Silly French Man

Invincible has been one of my favorite superhero comics since I first started reading it with the first hardcover. Anyone who likes quality superhero comics should be picking this up. For the $3.99 cover price on this issue you get 30 pages of story, 10 more pages than Marvel offers for the same price.

With this milestone issue I was honestly expecting something more substantial, something more earth shattering. I guess I have just been spoiled on past events that have happened in this comic book. What you do get is pretty much a return to status quo and a surprise ending that we have already seen before in this comic. This issue is dialogue heavy but the dialogue is fantastic as always. Ryan Ottley's art continues to impress with every issue. He has come a long way since he first started working on Invincible. Another solid issue of Invincible is down with hopefully another 100+ to come.

Silly French Man

Invincible has been one of my favorite superhero comics since I first started reading it with the first hardcover. Anyone who likes quality superhero comics should be picking this up. For the $3.99 cover price on this issue you get 30 pages of story, 10 more pages than Marvel offers for the same price.

With this milestone issue I was honestly expecting something more substantial, something more earth shattering. I guess I have just been spoiled on past events that have happened in this comic book. What you do get is pretty much a return to status quo and a surprise ending that we have already seen before in this comic. This issue is dialogue heavy but the dialogue is fantastic as always. Ryan Ottley's art continues to impress with every issue. He has come a long way since he first started working on Invincible. Another solid issue of Invincible is down with hopefully another 100+ to come.